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Here a few things that I[/b] can remember- that now seem as dated as the slide rule-

- Black and white T.V.'s with NO[/b] remote control!- Chatty Cathy dolls (I always wanted one!)- Jiffy Pop Popcorn- "As much fun to make as it is to eat!"- Star Trek (TOS)- when the episode weren't re-runs.- Huntley and Brinkley's "Good night, Chet. Good Night, David, and Goodnight from NBC News."- When Armstrong walked on the moon.- Dinner hour- with every one sitting down together at the table.- 8 tracks and beta VCRs- Buying a hamburger, fries and a coke at McDonalds and getting change back from your DOLLAR!

16. I can remember getting my tongue stuck on one of those icecube trays, I can still smell the mimeograph paper, and my husband tried to get me to BUY an old Studebaker a couple of years ago. No seat belts, no headrests. I told him he was nuts. Jodi (RKVS1, you crack me up! :D)

Great, as if I weren't feeling old enough already, Larry comes along with a nice little diversion that places me squarely in the geezer category. I guess I'd better just face the facts. Now excuse me, I have to go soak my dentures....

:rolleyes:

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OH, OH. I still own two slide rules, a Beta VCR, a Yancy Derringer play derringer, a skate key and some 78 records. Our hamburger joint used to charge $.15 for 1 but you could get a bag of 7 for $1.00.

[ March 04, 2002: Message edited by: DT ]

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many, but I only know Howdy Doody and Hi-Fi's because I used to live with my great-grandparents and the JukeBox thing because there is a 60's-70's styled restaruant right across the street from my highschool. Oh yeah, also records (because I used to live with my great-grandparents) and we got a party line here at the house last year that wouldn't go away for about a day. (Thats the crossed phone lines, right? I'm pretty sure). And, of course, how can we forget what we've seen on Happy Days? Or Sling Shots from Denis the Menice? I'm olny 16 years old (17 in April), yet I know all of these things! AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!

Originally posted by Newbie:Here a few things that I[/b] can remember- that now seem as dated as the slide rule-

- Black and white T.V.'s with NO[/b] remote control!- Jiffy Pop Popcorn- "As much fun to make as it is to eat!"- Dinner hour- with every one sitting down together at the table.- 8 tracks and beta VCRs[/b]

Oh No! I know these too! We used to own a black and white TV with no remote. Only 9" in size. We buy Jiffy Pop Popcorn camping. (We call it jippy pop, since the cernals only burned when we first tried it). Dinner hour at my great-grandparents house, and my dad still owns 8-tracks and an 8-track player (that no longer works). I feel SO[/b] old now, but I'm not even 20 yet!

And another note: I enjoy watching television shows from several years ago. I have Nick-at-Nite on every night! I Love Lucy, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, All in the Family, The Jeffersons, The Andy Grifith Show, Happy Days, Cheers, and the list just keeps going on! I also like modern day TV too, though. Among my favriotes are: Frasier, Signfeild, The Simpsons, The Breni Mac Show, Titus, Malcolm in the Middle, and this list also continues. I even enjoy watching cartoon shows! Bugs Bunny, but among the recent, Spongebob Squarepants! Oh my god, I watch WAY[/b] too much TV. But don't worry, I also play A LOT of piano.

I even remember the American G.I's going to the Bavarian Coffee Rooms [houses]in my small beautiful home town of 'Erlangen' and ordering a whole caraffe of coffee and slices of the finest pastry you've ever seen.

jgoo: You feel old? You're talking about things at your GREAT-grandparents house that were part of my every day life. My childhood was more like Opie's than Bart's and Saturday mornings were filled with Sky King, Rin Tin Tin, Fury, and Flicka AND Walt Disney was still in black & white. The health craze hadn't hit and morning cereal had names like Sugar Pops or Sugar Smacks. We still buy Jiffy Pop occasionally 'cos the kids love to watch it balloon up.

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oh, DT, you are killing me with the recollection Saturday tv fare. [yeah, we had a little b&w tv, too]. i remember lassie, and mighty mouse, popeye, and tom terrific cartoons. and captain kangaroo. we watched a double feature of dennis the menace and walt disney every saturday (or was it sunday?) night without fail. and these were NOT reruns.

and your opie childhood comment reminds me of how safe it was when we were kids. we roamed the countryside far and wide in the summer, from dawn to dark, and nobody knew where we were or what we were doing, and nobody worried, as long as we were home by supper.

And Elvis might have been one of those GIs that Norbert remembers. Heck, even the Everly Brothers wore their Marine uniforms once when they sang on Ed Sullivan. I can't recall the songs they sang but I'm pretty sure that Wake Up, Little Susie wasn't one of them.

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Who remember pedal cars? You know the metal kind you could sit in and move sort of like a bicycle? That was one of my favorites. Another was my remote control Dick Tracy car.

And who could forget those little toy pianos whose actions were worse than their tone. Or the organs you'd plug in that would work with air (I believe)?

Anyone care to guess how old I am?

Pique, I used to roam the woods behind my parent's house from after breakfast until dinner (took my lunch with me). As you said, no one worried that they hadn't seen me, or my sisters, all day long. It's such a shame that that aspect, of the good 'old' days, is long gone... That case of the little girl in California is heart-breaking.

Derick

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